Sucre Público Deposited
A silver coin of Ecuador of the value of one hundred Gentavos. It receives its name from Antonio Jose de Sucre, a South American patriot who fought under Simon Bolivar. He was born at Cumana in 1793, and in 1819 had so distinguished himself that he was made a brigadier general of the insurgent forces. In 1822 he defeated the Spaniards at Chichincha, and, having become commander-in-chief when Bolivar was made dictator, he routed the troops of the viceroy in the battle of Ayachuco, Peru, December 9, 1824, which established the independence of the country. For this signal victory Bolivar made him grand marshal, and in 1825 he was elected President of Bolivia. He was assassinated soon after his election to the Constituent Congress in 1830, due, it was said, to the jealousy or instigation of Gen. Ovando. His portrait appears on most of the coins of the Republic.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)